CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Fruit that with age, is down ( 4)

4 Got the ball rolling, and reported situation which could cause leaky roof ( 3,3)

9 Work by 23Dn at his sainted court? ( 3,11)

11 Director set to shoot following hiccup ( 9)

12 Conservative requests sizeable wine vessels ( 5)

13 Detailed after 5Dns? ( 6)

15 Like a bad YouTube video single about life in Paris ( 8)

17 Potential Euro 2020 champions’ way to win, holding firm! ( 8)

18 Alternative, fashionable fiction on Updike debut ( 2,4)

21 Strip, right out in crowd ( 5)

22 Spaniard embracing another in grass ( 9)

24 Cruise to Dahomey virtually organised by manager of sustainable travel ( 3- 7,4)

25 Open for anyone to see, what Trump did for the world ( 6)

26 Relays it every second – a point in the right direction ( 4)

STAPLETON

DOWN

2 Quickly, MP hastens to gather bodily fluid ( 5)

3 See 23

4 The sixth 23Dn stalking around? ( 4,4)

5 Subtraction is putting two and two together ( 9)

6 The fireworks at assembly performed as the 4Dn of 17Ac ( 6,8)

7 Realised being topless left a lasting impression ( 6)

8 Prize for 6Dn won by Serbo- Croat cast ensemble ( 4,5,5)

10 Handled last letters of Cocteau and sets sale record ( 4)

14 Give information about butchers in the glen ( 9)

16 Use manor building entrances ( 8)

17 Leaders of Scottish independence take sides in plot ( 4)

19 The 4Dn of 17Ac setting is literally the centre for sugar ( 6)

20 On the Firth of Clyde, bars removed from shifting river basin ( 6)

23/ 3 Preserve caves with oddly moody star of the 4Dn of 17Ac ( 5,6)